[Verse 1, Tobin Bell]
Mama, take this badge off of me
I can't use it anymore
It's gettin' dark, too dark to see
Feels like I'm knockin' on Heaven's door

[Chorus, Mary Spender & Tobin Bell]
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

[Verse 2, Mary Spender]
Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can’t shoot them anymore
That long black cloud is coming down
I feel I’m knockin' on heaven’s door

[Chorus, Mary Spender & Tobin Bell]
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

[Verse 3, Tobin Bell & Mary Spender]
Mama, wipe the blood from my face
I'm sick and tired of the war
Got a lone black feelin' and it's hard to trace
Feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door
[Chorus, Mary Spender & Tobin Bell]
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door